The Mill on the Floss

»WE COULD NEVER HAVE LOVED I HK EARTH SO WELL I EWE HAD NO CHILDHOOD IN IT. — IF IT WERE NOT THE EARTH \Very SAME ELOWERS COME UP AGAIN EVERY SPRING THAT WE USED TO GATHER WITH OUR TINY FINGERS AS WE SAT LISTENING TO OURSELVES ON THE GRASS — THE SAME HIPS AND HAWS ON THE AUTUMN HEDGEROWS — THE SAME REDBREASTS.» GEORGE ELIOT'S MASTERLY TALK OK THE CHILDHOOD JOYS AND WOES AND THE ADULT TR14LS OF MAGGIE AND Том TULLIVER.